The revered singer-songwriter, who was born in Newark, will perform at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 27. He is touring in support of "So Beautiful or So What," his tenth solo album, which was released earlier this year. On the first leg of his 2011 tour, which stopped at the Beacon Theatre for two sold-out nights in May, Simon played most of "So Beautiful" -- but he also aired songs from throughout his four-and-a-half-decade career, including the hits "Kodachrome," "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes," "Slip Slidin' Away," and "The Sound of Silence."

Simon will ride into Newark on a roll. His last two albums -- "So Beautiful" and the gorgeous "Surprise" (2006) -- show him at the peak of his powers, making witty observations about mortality, religion, romance, and the daily perils of life in modern America. Few songwriters in the history of pop can say so much in tight, economical, epigrammatic verse, and he still sings like an Earth angel. "So Beautiful or So What" marks a partial return to the Simon's globetrotting world music experimentation of the late '80s.

Tickets for the NJPAC concert go on sale on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m., and range from $49.50 to $139.50. Call 1-888-GO-NJPAC or visit njpac.org.